Be sure to include your name, daytime phone number, address, name and phone number of legal next-of-kin, method of payment, and the name of the funeral home/crematory to contact for verification of death.

A Justice Department investigation found sweeping patterns of racial bias within the Ferguson, Missouri, police department, with officers routinely discriminating against blacks by using excessive force, issuing petty citations and making baseless traffic stops, according to law enforcement officials familiar with its findings.

The Jayhawks’ conference championship winning streak — now at 11 after Oklahoma fell to Iowa State on Monday night — has taken on a life of its own. The players change, but the one constant is coach Bill Self, who manages to get Kansas to the top every year.

This is that time of year where Joe Lunardi brings his Gene Keady hairdo to your television screen during every ESPN game, making up news by telling you which team is out and which team is in, which team has a No. 2 seed, which is a No. 3 seed, and always couching it by telling you this is how it is at the moment, not necessarily an hour from now or tomorrow or heaven forbid next Sunday when it counts.

Updated March 3: This man is wanted for domestic assault. If you have information about any of these fugitives, call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS (816-474-8477), go to KCCrimeStoppers.com, or text TIP452 plus message and send to 274637. All calls are anonymous.

Citizens academies — an outreach of police departments — have been around in the United States for more than 20 years. But after the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, the ensuing demonstrations and the murders of two New York police officers, this avenue for police-civilian interaction seems all the more crucial.

Numbers don’t lie; they just arrive and spill the truth. In 2010, Billboard named Nickelback the band of the first decade of the millennium, based on album sales and concert grosses. Less than five years later, the numbers tell a different story. Monday night, Nickelback headlined a show at the Sprint Center, an arena the band is accustomed to filling. But this time, instead of drawing a crowd in excess of 16,000, as it has in the past, Nickelback drew about 7,000